How Dragon Knight and Snapfire perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Snapfire win 49.04% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,368 matches.
Setting up Mortimer Kisses with Dragon Tail can look effective. Snapfire gets a clear window to land her ultimate's impacts while a target is locked down. The main issue is that Dragon Tail is a single-target stun, while Snapfire's ultimate is a large area-of-effect spell. Using a precise lockdown for a wide AoE often means you aren't getting the full value out of the ultimate unless enemies are already clumped. Firesnap Cookie can help get a melee Dragon Knight into position, but the core combo is less efficient than it appears.
Their laning phase can be strong with a combination of stuns and slows creating kill threats. Later on, their game plans can diverge. Dragon Knight wants to become an unkillable frontliner, pushing into enemy territory with Elder Dragon Form to take objectives. Snapfire prefers to sit far back, providing long-range damage and control. This can lead to awkward fights where Dragon Knight dives too deep for Snapfire to support him effectively, or where Snapfire is forced into a dangerous forward position. Success often depends on perfect positioning from both heroes.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.60% | 375 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.52% | 1,146 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.79% | 960 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.96% | 284 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.04% | ▼ -2.3pp | 6,368 |
| 7.41d | 51.32% | ▲ +2.3pp | 88,420 |
| 7.41c | 49.01% | ▲ +2.4pp | 29,117 |
| 7.41b | 46.62% | — | 17,432 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.